Get Haiku!

Current Official Version Information

Version: R1/Alpha 4.1

Release date: November 14th, 2012

Computer platform: x86-32

Here you will find information on how to get Haiku, by either downloading
the latest official release or purchasing an installation CD from
Haiku, Inc. (not yet available). The proceeds from ordering CD's will be
used by Haiku, Inc. to help speed the release of Haiku R1. If you choose
to download an image, please select from the list of available mirrors
below.

The Anyboot image is the preferred distribution format. It can be
written directly to a USB flash drive,
empty disk, or written to CD/DVD media.
It can also be used directly from QEMU. The ISO image can be
written to CD with your usual CD burning
application if you experience issues with the Anyboot image. Using the
ISO image with virtualization software is strongly discouraged.
The VM image is a fixed size hard disk image to be run in VMware or
VirtualBox. Any of the image files can be used "live" or used to install
Haiku to another disk/partition of your choice.

Feeling adventurous?You may want to take a look at the unstable nightly/development downloads at the bottom of this page.

Download Locations

NOTE: Not all mirrors may be populated yet. Please choose another mirror if you encounter a failure.

Checksums

To make sure that you have got the right file and that it has not been corrupted during file transfer, it is always wise to ensure the integrity of your download. To that end, you can use the MD5 checksums shown below to verify that what you have is the correct file.

If you are in Mac OS X or Linux, you can use the md5sum
command from the Terminal to generate a checksum for your downloaded
file and verify against those above. If you are in Windows, you can use
MD5summer, which you can
download from here.
There is also md5sum.exe for Windows,
which is a version of MD5Summer that can be used from the Windows Command prompt.

Haiku Commemorative CD from the Haiku, Inc. website!

Official Haiku Commemorative CDs are available for purchase from
Haiku, Inc..
By purchasing Haiku discs online, not only do you get a beautifully branded
CD, but you also help the project, as a major portion of the purchase price goes to fund development.

Unstable Nightly/Development Releases

If you like to live on the (bleeding) edge, unstable nightly development/testing builds are also available at the bottom of this page (older nightly images are available here).
These images contain the latest enhancements, bug fixes, and hardware support.
Please keep in mind that there may also be regressions and broken features in these builds which have not yet been identified or resolved.
USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!

Acknowledgment

We thank all the organizations and companies who provide the server space
and bandwidth to mirror our releases.